More of the same

I know it has been a couple weeks since my last post; just not a lot going on right now! We went to the lot last weekend, burn pit was closed again. We needed the trailer to be emptied of the junk wood we had loaded [two weeks ago] so I took it to the Fairplay dump. They have a place to drop off wood, for a fee of course. $10.00 to empty the trailer — just slash wood, expensive — but at least we had the use of the trailer again.

We loaded a large amount of firewood to bring home. I managed to get it all cut by Thursday night, but it looks like my 30 year old Craftsman chain saw finally bit the dust. This saw had some problems (no parts available) but things got worse when the cutting chain started to fly off the cutting bar for no apparent reason. I dug into it and found a few more very worn parts, so unless I can find used pieces on eBay I will retire the old saw. Fortunately I had brought the Jonsered saw home from the lot and I used that to finish the wood cutting.

1 trailer load of wood

Had a flat tire on the truck on the way home, 2nd time that tire has gone flat. I ended up replacing it at a cost of about $248.00, ouch. I like that F-150 but it is expensive to operate.

This weekend it is raining and I decided to use Saturday to catch up on various chores. I will go to the lot tomorrow (Sunday) and return home on Monday (taken as a vacation day). I’ll bring home another load of firewood — after I pull the RV over to the dump station and empty the holding tanks.

I’ll likely be cleaning up after mice again on this weekend trip too. I found and repaired another spot where the mice are getting into the RV. The War With The Mice continues…three dead ones found last time and turds all over The Box.  This becomes tiresome.

So, as far as the lot goes, a pretty quiet week. Next weekend – Labor Day Weekend – we will push hard to get the slash piles over to the burn pit  (prognosis: it will be open) and generally finish a few other clean-up and cosmetic projects. Temps are dropping into the high 30s at night; it won’t be that long before we bring the RV home for the winter season. Our work for this year is winding down.

We did have some rain at the lot which led to an interesting sunset:

Stormy evening sunset with tinges of red in clouds

That’s it for now. Thanks for looking in!

Pam’s Two Cents Worth:

There’s a beautiful young doe who crosses the Sanderling lot at dusk.  (Jo also startled another deer one morning at dawn.)  The top of the driveway circle covers one of the previous deer paths through the property.  While I’m not personally fond of deer around the RV (deer ticks for the dogs) this young female has become part of the dusk ambiance.

Our Latino mountain neighbor allows his relatives to use his property for weekend target practice, and we had to endure another round of machismo shooting last weekend.  Dangerous to deer, dangerous to dogs, and disruptive to the peace and quiet we expect at Sanderling.  There are low-life neighbors everywhere in our lives, it seems.

I’ve begun transplanting some of the Shasta daisies from De Beque to the Sanderling driveway circle; we’ll see how they do next Spring after wintering in the mountains.

Shout out to my sister Becky this week – she quit a toxic job after 17.5 years, found another more interesting job and is moving to a cute little Granny house rental in the next month in her new city.  Way.to.go.

Happy Trails.